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Arnold Schwarzenegger and Emmanuel Macron in 'green future' video selfie

Arnold Schwarzenegger has posted a video of himself with Emmanuel Macron in which the French President repeated his "make the planet great again" dig at Donald Trump.

Mr Macron renewed his swipe at the US President's "Make America great again" slogan in the footage taken when he met the actor-turned-politician at the Elysee Palace in Paris ahead of climate change talks.

The French leader has been critical of Mr Trump over his withdrawal from the 196-nation Paris agreement on curbing global warming.

The Hollywood star and green activist has also publicly sparred with his fellow Republican across a range of issues.

Holding his phone, Mr Schwarzenegger says: "I'm here with President Macron. We're talking about environmental issues and the green future."

Mr Macron then promises to "deliver together, to make the planet great again".

For the duration of the video, the words "With President Macron, a great leader!" appear on the screen.

Mr Schwarzenegger, who received France's Legion of Honour in April, said he had a "wonderful" one-hour meeting with Mr Macron.

Mr Schwarzenegger and Mr Macron are joining former UN chief Ban Ki-moon as well as high court judges from several countries on Saturday to launch a campaign for a global pact to protect the human right to a clean, healthy environment.